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FedEx Freight to close 29 service centers

Move seen as efficiency drive

Mark Solomon
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FedEx Freight to close 29 locations, furlough another round of drivers (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)

FedEx Freight, the less-than-truckload unit of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX), will close 29 service locations in the U.S. as part of an ongoing efficiency drive.

The closures will occur by Aug. 13, the unit said Monday. The affected operations will be consolidated into other locations. The company is working with employees to find positions elsewhere in the system. It is unclear how many workers will be affected. There are 371 stations across the Ground system.

Separately, FedEx Freight will furlough an undetermined number of drivers for 90 days starting May 28 to adjust capacity with slowing demand. Eligible employees will be offered permanent transfer opportunities to other markets that have hiring needs, the unit said. FedEx Freight will maintain health benefits for the furloughed employees, the unit said.

This is a temporary workforce adjustment, and all furloughed employees will be recalled on or before Aug. 25, the company said.


There have been multiple driver furloughs at the unit since business began to slow months ago. The last was announced at the beginning of February. 

16 Comments

  1. Drew

    Some of you aren’t aware of the different divisions of FedEx and how they operate. Freight is the heavyweight division (usually requires a forklift to load/unload). Ground is typically heavy boxes and small parcel as with express. That’s why those two units are being combined by 2024.

  2. Blair Mitchell

    I actually like FedEx Freight. We use them quite a bit and they have been reliable. Yes, some cargo gets damaged occasionally, but for us it is rare. I have used several other LTL carriers and I keep coming back to FedEx Freight.

  3. Joseph

    Service in this industry has gone soft but quantity in service has never been worse. Not just these guys LTL is doing worse.

  5. Dave

    Maybe their declining volume is their poor service . . . I have stopped making on-line purchases from retailers who use fedex as EVERY shipment they moved was screwed up, not only coming to me in Houston, but those sent to family and friends around the U.S.

  7. John adams

    They priced them selfs out,rate out of site ,no one will ship with there rates,I stop using after sending flat envelope from Colorado to Houston Texas cost $69 dollars

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Mark Solomon

Formerly the Executive Editor at DC Velocity, Mark Solomon joined FreightWaves as Managing Editor of Freight Markets. Solomon began his journalistic career in 1982 at Traffic World magazine, ran his own public relations firm (Media Based Solutions) from 1994 to 2008, and has been at DC Velocity since then. Over the course of his career, Solomon has covered nearly the whole gamut of the transportation and logistics industry, including trucking, railroads, maritime, 3PLs, and regulatory issues. Solomon witnessed and narrated the rise of Amazon and XPO Logistics and the shift of the U.S. Postal Service from a mail-focused service to parcel, as well as the exponential, e-commerce-driven growth of warehouse square footage and omnichannel fulfillment.